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Oxygen diffusion through air–water free surfaces in a pump–turbine operating in condenser mode

François Avellan, Elena Vagnoni, Loïc Andolfatto, Pierre Leroy

The present research aims at understanding the mass transfer of air into water in a reversible pump turbine operating in condenser mode. In particular, the diffusion of oxygen through the water free-surface both in the vaneless gap between the impeller bla ...

2019

Interaction of a rotating two-phase flow with the pressure and torque stability of a reversible pump-turbine operating in condenser mode

François Avellan, Elena Vagnoni, Loïc Andolfatto, Pierre Leroy

The operation of a reversible pump-turbine in condenser mode requires to dewater the impeller by closing the guide vanes and injecting compressed air in the draft tube cone to reduce the friction torque on the impeller blades. A water discharge is injected ...

2019

Rotating air-water ring in the vaneless gap of a pump-turbine operating in condenser mode

François Avellan, Elena Vagnoni, Loïc Andolfatto, Pierre Leroy

The rotating air-water ring, featuring a bubbly flow, in the vaneless gap of a reduced scale physical model of a pump-turbine operating in dewatered condition is investigated. High speed visualizations are performed together with pressure fluctuation measu ...

2018

Air-Water Ring in the Vaneless Gap of a Reversible Pump-Turbine Operating in Condenser Mode

François Avellan, Elena Vagnoni, Loïc Andolfatto, Pierre Leroy

2018